piratage
French, noun\pi.ʁa.taʒ\
piratage is spelled P-I-R-A-T-A-G-E (8 letters) and appears 4.0 times per million words in written French, the 13,132nd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Piratage is a French masculine noun meaning “piracy” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Attaque sournoise d'un système informatique”.
What does piratage mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinepiracy
- 2
masculinehacking, unauthorized attempts to bypass the security mechanisms of an information system or network
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Attaque sournoise d'un système informatique. 2. Téléchargement illégal de biens culturels en dépit du droit d’auteur.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of piratage
- piratages plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce piratage?
- \pi.ʁa.taʒ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to piratage
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is piratage in French?
piratage appears 4.0 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).